Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A connection server comprising: a connector that connects to a printing device, sends print data to the printing device, and receives first data and second data from the printing device, the second data being different than the first data; a print data processor that generates the print data based on print information data sent by a management server; a first transceiver that sends the first data to the management server and receives the print information data sent by the management server; and a second transceiver that sends the second data to a management device.
2. The connection server described in claim 1 , wherein: the first data is based on operation of a print mechanism of the printing device, and the second data is status data indicating a state of the printing device.
3. The connection server described in claim 1 , further comprising: a communication interface that establishes a communication path with the management device when the second data sent by the printing device is received.
4. The connection server described in claim 1 , wherein: the connection server and the printing device communicate by asynchronous duplex communication.
5. The connection server described in claim 4 , wherein: the asynchronous duplex communication is WebSocket communication.
6. A printing device comprising: a print mechanism that prints; a print data processor that generates first data based on the operation of the print mechanism and second data that is different than the first data; and a router that sends the first data to a management server through a connection server and sends the second data to a management device through the connection server, the router being further configured to receive print information data from the management server; wherein the print data processor is further configured to generate print data based on the print information data sent by the management server.
7. The printing device described in claim 6 , wherein: the first data is based on operation of the print mechanism, and the second data is status data indicating a state of the printing device.
8. The printing device described in claim 6 , further comprising: a communication interface that establishes a communication path with the management device when the second data sent by the printing device is received.
9. The printing device described in claim 6 , wherein: the printing device and the connection server communicate by asynchronous duplex communication.
10. The printing device described in claim 9 , wherein: the asynchronous duplex communication is WebSocket communication.
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January 31, 2017
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